Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Bromus nottowayanus
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
For decades this grass went unrecognized and treated as part of B. pubescens. Farther back, this species and several others were included within B. purgans in RAB (1968). Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bromus nottowayanus
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24 (2007)
Bromus nottowayanus
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-14-006?:
Bromus purgans FAMILY Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Bromus nottowayanus
COMMON NAME:
Satin Brome, Virginia Brome, Nottoway River Brome
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_brno_001_lvd
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Wesley Knapp wes_b_not _sheathsummitha
August Burke County NC
Summit of sheath opposite the ligule with a conspicuous tuft of hairs, per Weakley's Flora (2018).
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Wesley Knapp wes_b_notto_leaf
August Burke County NC
Underleaf surfaces with a conspicuous satiny sheen (when fresh), per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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Wesley Knapp wes_b_nottowayanus _infl
August Burke County NC
Panicles 12-22cm long, the slender branches drooping, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Bromus nottowayanus
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bromus nottowayanus
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24
Bromus nottowayanus
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-14-006?:
Bromus purgans
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Bromus nottowayanus
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Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Moist forests, especially along small stream bottoms, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas
Rare? The range of this species is poorly known, owing to confusion between it, B. pubescens & B. latiglumis
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Plants not strongly rhizomatous, the stems solitary or tufted
FLOWER:
Summer
Inflorescence a panicle
FRUIT:
Grain reddish
Grain
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
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